Stoke-on-Trent

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• Today: 20° / 13° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

481 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences187
• Anti-social behaviour72
• Public order39
• Shoplifting36

44 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Penkhull & Stoke · Staffordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

336 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 442 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 420 rated 4–5 ★ (357 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stoke-on-Trent (0.5 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£148,799 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Stoke-on-Trent · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£711 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £515
• 2 bed £658
• 3 bed £791

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.4 times median annual pay (4.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Benx LTD (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches44
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Multi-million-pound Watermill School expansion ready to open its doors for children with SEND· 4 Sept 2026
• Day of Action a success as partners and community come together for Cobridge· 3 Sept 2026
• Trading Standards close two more premises after seizing illegal products worth £24,000· 3 Sept 2026
• New gates to protect and secure historic Stoke Town Hall· 3 Sept 2026
• Council reviews approach to rough sleeping support with the aim to get everyone in by Christmas· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Stoke-on-Trent Council

258,370 residents in Stoke-on-Trent · 2,765/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 15 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,183 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 119,760)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

116 schools · 41,364 pupils

71 primary · 15 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 37 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

91inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stoke-on-Trent

281 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices43
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies81
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stoke-on-Trent

• In a conservation area (Stoke Town)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

180 applications decided

86.7% granted · 156 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)

Stoke-on-Trent Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• Con 8
• Ref 5
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,007 jobs advertised · £36,635 avg

e.g. Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile, SEN / SEND Tutor, Staffordshire, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£651 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,925 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 125,878 certificates

21.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

63% low-carbon electricity

Gas 29% · Nuclear 29% · Wind 19% · Biomass 15%

135 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.4 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.5 women · 55.1 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stoke-on-Trent Central:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills594 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s439 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership389 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance258 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Spode Museum · 0.1 km

  The Spode Museum is based in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where Josiah Spode, known for his role in the Industrial Revolution, established his pottery business in 1774. The Spode Museum collection includes a ceramics coll…

• Gordon Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent · 0.2 km

  The Gordon Theatre was a theatre in Stoke-upon-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. It was subsequently the Hippodrome Theatre, and the Gaumont Cinema.

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  Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall is a municipal building in Glebe Street, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

• Stoke-on-Trent College of Art · 0.3 km

  The Stoke-on-Trent Regional College of Art was one of three colleges that were merged in 1971 to form North Staffordshire Polytechnic. The College of Art achieved Regional Art College status after the Second World Wa…

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  Stoke Minster · 0.3 km

  Stoke Minster is the Minster church of St Peter ad Vincula and main church in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is now the main church of the wider city of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  Stoke-upon-Trent · 0.3 km

  Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly known as Stoke, is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)